#8B371E#8B371E

#8B371E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.121 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B371E
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 30)
HSL	hsl(14, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(14, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, 34.31, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 47.55, 43.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% 0.0965 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.121 37)
XYZ	xyz(12.2493, 8.3167, 2.1883)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B371E #1E728B

analogous

#8B1E3C #8B371E #8B6D1E

triadic

#8B371E #1E8B37 #371E8B

tetradic

#8B371E #3C8B1E #1E728B #6D1E8B

square

#8B371E #3C8B1E #1E728B #6D1E8B

split-complementary

#8B371E #1E8B6D #1E3C8B

monochromatic

#260F08 #592313 #8B371E #BD4B29 #D86C4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#8B371E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8B371E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B371E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B371E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B371E	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E461B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63581B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b371e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.121 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4715b',
    500: '#8b371e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b371e;
$custom-light: #b4715b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b371e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.761,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44948,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.08315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B371E

secondary

#4AA1BB

accent

#C1E740

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B371E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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